James Gurney and Jim Martin

Posted by Unclekage (Dr. Samuel Conway) on Mon, 2009-09-21 13:27

Anthrocon 2010 is pleased to welcome its honored guests:

	James Gurney (left, with comrade) is the author and illustrator of the New York Times bestselling Dinotopia book series, which has been translated into eighteen languages in thirty-two countries. He designed the "World of Dinosaurs" stamps for the United States Postal Service and has worked on assignment for National Geographic magazine, painting reconstructions of Moche, Kushite, and Etruscan civilizations. His unique blending of fact and fantasy has won Hugo, Chesley, Spectrum, and World Fantasy Awards. An exhibition of the artwork from Dinotopia, begun at the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, D.C., will appear at the Delaware Art Museum in early 2010. His most recent book is Imaginative Realism: How to Paint What Doesn’t Exist (Fall, 2009). Please join us in welcoming this world-renowned and imaginative artist to Anthrocon 2010!
	Jim Martin, puppet performer and builder, television director, writer and producer is very pleased to be asked to participate in 2010 Anthrocon. Jim's love for puppets began in a classroom a long time ago in second grade and continues today where he works mainly in television. His career spans many Children's TV shows from local shows in Pittsburgh to national shows like The Great Space Coaster (Gary Gnu, Baffle, M.T. Promises), The Puzzle Place (Ben and Blue Piece Police), and Bear In The Big Blue House. He is a five-time Emmy Award winning director for Sesame Street and was nominated last year as a producer and director for The Disney Channel's Johnny And The Sprites. Jim has traveled to Germany, Indonesia and Turkey to teach and audition puppeteers for Sesame Workshop. This is the first time Mr. Martin has been asked to speak at a convention and is looking forward to meeting many new Puppet Pals from around the world in his hometown of Pittsburgh, PA where he lives with his wife, Crystal.